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Old 01-30-2023, 09:39 AM
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My understanding is the GTP cars all ran the same electric/electronic portion of the hybrid system, so the #60 somewhere found that extra bit of "gasoline powered" torque to launch them out of the corners while not sacrificing the HP needed to stay out front on the straights. Ganassi should have ordered the #01 Cadillac to let the #02 Cadillac by as it appeared to be to at least able to keep up with the #10 Acura. Instead they raced each other and fell behind. Porsche was fast at times, but obviously has some work to do to be competitive in GTP.

Will guess the Mercedes & (maybe) Maserati GTD Pro & GTD cars will get some weight added after the GTD Pro/GTD results. Interesting that 3 privateer GTD Mercedes & a Maserati finished ahead of the factory Mercedes & Corvette. The factory folks will likely be talking to IMSA about slowing down the GTD cars. Porsche will likely get some relief on the BofP in GTD Pro/GTD.

Should be an entertaining year for sports car racing at the highest level.
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